Urgent Care

We provide care for urgent health problems and acute illness, such as sickness involving fever, severe cough, fainting or dizziness and minor lacerations and injuries.

If you have an urgent health problem, please call ourNursing staff (215-302-3600); we can provide guidance and an appointment time.

In the event of a life-threatening emergency, always first call 911.

Chronic Disease Management

If you have a chronic condition, such as diabetes, high blood pressure or asthma, your primary care provider will help you to develop a personal care plan.

Our comprehensive diabetes care is a team-based approach that includes the primary care provider and an Esperanza dietitian/certified diabetes educator. During “Diabetes Days,” our patients with diabetes meet with a dietitian/diabetes educator and their primary care provider during the same office visit. We also encourage our patients with diabetes to participate in our bilingual diabetes classes.

For patients with other chronic conditions such as asthma, obstructive lung disease, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure, our primary care providers partner with specialists who have extensive experience in the management of these illnesses. We also have a specially-trained team providing state-of-the art care for HIV disease.

Esperanza’s bilingual community health promoters work alongside community members in homes, churches and community centers. They teach self-management principles for chronic illness (e.g., diabetes, asthma) and help connect individuals to needed care and health resources.

Hospital Care

A team of five Esperanza doctors directly oversees the care of our adult patients admitted to Temple University Hospital, and will be pleased to evaluate and treat you there in conjunction with Temple staff and specialists, should you require hospital care. At the time of discharge, Esperanza doctors will coordinate your discharge and arrange follow up visits with your Esperanza primary doctor and care team.